Pope Leo XIV: "true fulfilment is not achieved by eliminating weakness but through harmonious growth. It is found where freedom and responsibility are intertwined with mutual care and true solidarity, and where progress is measured by the dignity of each person and the good of all peoples."

Film teachers, if you have students who want to make a difference, Maggie Stogner’s Upstream Downriver Media’s new series, “Women Water Warriors” introduces us to amazing women working where they live for water we can drink. Great examples! www.youtube.com/@UpstreamDow...

Tony Mazzocchi was amazing, we were all lucky he was in the world. A man to remember, emulate, be inspired by.

Please, read the whole thread. TERRIFIC news for doc filmmakers everywhere!!

I would just like to nominate Numlock News for the Productivity Buster of the week.

just saw someone call Kash Patel “J Edgar Boozer” and need to lie down

Since @governor.ny.gov won't listen to working class New Yorkers, we found the only people she *does * listen to: The Rich. So take it from @patrioticmillionaires.org: taxing the rich's second homes is just the start. It's time to Tax The Rich and stop Trump's cuts for good.

This👇🏼. AOC is the only one stating it clearly and plainly. Do I have any faith that the American people will ever elect a woman president someday? No. I hope I’m proven wrong.

Today's winner of the Internet. Congratulations!

The oldest known image of Keith Richards, published around 1140 AD ...

Yes, it's 4/20 but the sloths act like that every day

The human circulatory system, before and after proper cable management.

Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?

Hamilton Nolan, brilliant again, this time about Alex Karp/Palantir: www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/grievance-...

“viewpoint diversity” is a right-wing political project, as lisa siraganian explores in great detail here: www.aaup.org/academe/issu...

Man Who Threw Molotov Cocktail At Sam Altman’s Home Claims He Was Following ChatGPT Recipe For Risotto https://theonion.com/man-who-threw-molotov-cocktail-at-sam-altmans-home-claims-he-was-following-chatgpt-recipe-for-risotto/

Omelas already exists: no need to build it or choose it. We already live here –in the narrow, foul, dark prison we let our ignorance, fear, and hatred build for us and keep us in, here in the splendid, beautiful city of life...

This is how Bruce Springsteen opened his concert in Los Angeles last night. 🔥🔥 Footage from @margaret_nagle on Threads.

Pete Hegseth is practicing day drinking the right way. by Ezra Klein

Yes, celebrate software preservation!

Okay, can we have a moment for the Interimaginary Departures Gate at Austin’s airport?

Liberals like to talk about all the protesters who have been shot by ICE agents. But what about all the buildings that would’ve been blown up and all the governors that would’ve been kidnapped if the people who became ICE agents were unemployed and had more free time on their hands?

Yes and yes. And then having the new professionals patronize you in the same way the last ones did

Happy St. Patrick's Day, New York.

You were moved to do this by pride and by hate. Is it any wonder the result was ruin?

Due to the overwhelming popularity of our animal birth announcements, we’ll be celebrating other important animal milestones, like animal graduation and animal divorce.

I feel like a fraud like 3 times a day and then I remember that Malcolm Gladwell exists

Say it, Sharon

‘Hey’ came before ‘hi,’ and ‘hi' came before ‘hello.’ ‘Hi’ is most likely a variant of ‘hey.’ ‘Hello’ is not related to either. Goodbye.

When this baby hits 88 miles per hour, you're going to get a ticket for throwing a smoke alarm out the window of your car.

Gavin Newsom, Kristi Noem Nod Silently To Each Other In Plastic Surgeon’s Office

No interruptions, please. We’re building universal child care.

Nation Admittedly Curious To Hear How Trump Pronounces ‘Strait Of Hormuz’ https://theonion.com/nation-admittedly-curious-to-hear-how-trump-pronounces-strait-of-hormuz/

He thought, I am living in a nightmare, from which from time to time I wake in sleep.

Commentary: Anyone Else Have Those Weird Dreams Where Sobbing Future Generations Beg You To Change Course?

Trump/Hegseth operational security: at Joe’s Stone Crab, a restaurant a 2-minute walk from the White House, someone was having a conversation about the attacks on Iran that were going to start in 6 hours. Loud enough for the founder of @TMZ.com to recount it in real time with his podcast cohost.

Yes. Yes. Yes.

Shocked, shocked. www.wired.com/story/a-whit...

Mexican Cartel Leader Killing Unleashes Wave Of Violence https://theonion.com/mexican-cartel-leader-killing-unleashes-wave-of-violence/

accountability is possible

"Today, the Brazilian Supreme Court announced that they had convicted the masterminds behind the assassination of socialist Rio de Janeiro City Councilwoman Marielle Franco guilty on all counts." massive news in Brazil today, writeup by @mikeelk.bsky.social paydayreport.com/rio-police-c...

Fact-Checking Claims About Zohran Mamdani https://theonion.com/fact-checking-claims-about-zohran-mamdani/

Thermal images captured by Floodlight and analyzed by multiple experts show more than a dozen unpermitted gas turbines operating at a power plant supplying Elon Musk’s AI operations — nearly two weeks after the EPA issued a ruling requiring the equipment to shut down.

A+ State of the Union counterprogramming by TCM.

This is true in rougly the same sense that a guy on the subway reeking of urine, screaming, and waving a knife around is “feared.”

some of the olympic women including maddie mastro have been reposting this if you’re curious about the vibe in response to the US men’s little display

Jean Cocteau sent this drawing to Picasso in Biarritz, August 30, 1918 "I'm posing for Rivera."

Great article - ignore the sanewashing “moderates,” go all in on messaging that emphasizes that the Trump/Vance administration and their coterie of supervillains are fascists to build a big-tent coalition for democracy & the rule of law